Made an art for my patreon as promise) She is my very long supporter, so i feel to do smth special. And practice on dynamic magic scene, because she fitting the setting)
Process description for any who curios:
1. Sketch in photoshop. Im not playing different angles this time, have an clear pose in mind, but hand pose take time to setup/
2. More clear line and solid color. I do not my regular SAI clear line, because this line will covered by rendering anyway. But im always do a clear line-sketch.
3. Shadow BW render - before rendering you need to learn render basics. Do a study with 3d models, statue photo and any bw things, it will helps to understand how shadow cast.
4. Use multiply to add color layer above bw layer, + adding overlay and soft light layers to add colors and ligthings. Using levels to up scales on your render.
5-6. Adding atmosphere, fog, particles and etc. Using color dodge on full flatten image to add interesting effects on it, dont afraid flatten all layers - you can open your mind for more creativites on it!
Hope it can helps you some day)